Golf in Tokyo: What to Expect

Most Japanese golfers are passionate in their approach to the game and it shows—this is definitely a golf loving country.  And that makes it a fabulous place for the international golfer as well. There are over 2,400 golf courses throughout the country from simple, everyman, riverside courses to prestigious and exclusive designer courses.  Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Jim Fazio, and Desmond Muirhead are just a few of the foreign designers who are well represented in Kanto (the area surrounding Tokyo).  A trip around one of these tracks was quite expensive during the golf boom and economic bubble in Japan several years back, but they can now be played for reasonable prices.  Moreover, courses here are usually well maintained, have usually helpful and courteous staff service, and offer hot spring-like baths for relaxing after the round.